Hérouville-Saint-Clair

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Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Hérouville-Saint-Clair

(2020–2026) Rodolphe Thomas^[1]Area

10.64 km² (4.11 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

22,227 • Density2,100/km² (5,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

14327 /14200

Elevation1–70 m (3.3–229.7 ft)
(avg. 34.5 m or 113 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hérouville-Saint-Clair (French pronunciation: [eʁuvil sɛ̃ klɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

It is a suburb of the city of Caen, and lies adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction, along the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. Its inhabitants are called Hérouvillais.

Just across the canal from Hérouville is a Renault Trucks manufacturing plant, which is situated between the canal and the Orne River. Just east of the river is the town of Colombelles.

Hérouville was the commune name until 1957.

Population

Hérouville-Saint-Clair experienced a very fast development which made it the most populous suburb of Caen. A simple village at the beginning of 1960, the commune passed from fewer than 2,000 inhabitants to almost 25,000 in less than fifteen years. This figure has varied little since 1975.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	553	—
1800	465	−2.45%
1806	560	+3.15%
1821	621	+0.69%
1831	591	−0.49%
1836	636	+1.48%
1841	662	+0.80%
1846	618	−1.37%
1851	569	−1.64%
1856	630	+2.06%
1861	559	−2.36%
1866	591	+1.12%
1872	596	+0.14%
1876	595	−0.04%
1881	511	−3.00%
1886	560	+1.85%
1891	630	+2.38%
1896	608	−0.71%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	658	+1.59%
1906	629	−0.90%
1911	563	−2.19%
1921	672	+1.79%
1926	864	+5.15%
1931	939	+1.68%
1936	896	−0.93%
1946	957	+0.66%
1954	1,358	+4.47%
1962	1,784	+3.47%
1968	9,041	+31.06%
1975	23,712	+14.77%
1982	24,298	+0.35%
1990	24,795	+0.25%
1999	24,025	−0.35%
2007	22,590	−0.77%
2012	21,411	−1.07%
2017	22,954	+1.40%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Hérouville-Saint-Clair, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE